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Illinois Detainees Denied Communion – The Catholic Thing
Bishop Jose María García-Maldonado celebrated a Mass on Saturday outside the Broadview detention facility in Chicago where immigration advocates allege federal authorities inhumanely treat detainees. Bishop Maldonado, an auxiliary bishop in…
Doctor Newman: Light for a new generation
During the Mass on the Solemnity of All Saints, also the culmination of the Jubilee of the World of Education, Pope Leo XIV proclaimed Saint John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church. At the beginning of his homily, the pope also announced that…
DDF’s Cardinal Fernández: Marian declaration coming next Tuesday
On November 4th, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, will present a doctrinal note titled “Mater Populi Fidelis” (“Faithful Mother of the People”), about our Lady’s “cooperation in the work…
Proclamation of St. Newman as Doctor of the Church signals Catholic revival at Oxford
When St. John Henry Newman is proclaimed a doctor of the church on Saturday, staff and students at his old university will be counting on a boost of confidence for Oxford’s once-excluded Catholics. Lord Neil Mendoza, provost of Oriel College,…
Pope Leo XIV: ‘The Church does not tolerate antisemitism’
Courtney Mares and Victoria Cardiel, Catholic News Agency Thursday, October 30, 2025 Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday strongly condemned antisemitism during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square, marking the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the…
Cardinal Cupich: Traditional Latin Mass just a spectacle
Chicago’s Blase Cupich has asserted that the Traditional Latin Mass was “more of a spectacle rather than the active participation of all the baptized.” In a reflection on the liturgical reforms which came from Sacrosanctum Concilium, one of the…
Report: 75 percent of states flunk religious freedom index
Tyler Arnold, Catholic News Agency Wednesday, October 29, 2025 About three-fourths of states scored less than 50 percent on Napa Legal Institute’s religious freedom index, which measures how well states safeguard religious liberty for…
Pope’s itinerary for first journey released
On Monday, the Vatican released the itinerary of Leo’s November 27th through December 2nd Apostolic Journey to Turkey and Lebanon. The trip will begin Ankara, Turkey, and will be highlighted by a visit with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. On the…
At Cardinal Burke’s Latin Mass at St. Peter’s: Too many people; not enough consecrated hosts
Tom Colsy, Catholic Herald Tuesday, October 28, 2025 With permission from Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke presided over and celebrated the Mass before an unexpectedly large congregation, with many pilgrims turned away from the…
Pope: We need a humbler Church
The supreme rule in the Catholic Church is love, which compels all of the faithful to serve, not to judge, exclude or dominate others, Pope Leo XIV said. “No one should impose his or her own ideas; we must all listen to one another. No one is…